Third Sunday after Epiphany Today’s Gospel passage ends with Our Lord saying to the Roman centurion: Go and let it be done to thee as thou hast believed. It is the faith of this pagan soldier that is rewarded, faith which stunned Our Blessed…

Second Sunday after Epiphany We’re all familiar with the story of the wedding feast of Cana and the miracle Our Blessed Lord performed on this occasion. Indeed, it is without doubt the best known miracles of Our Lord, and it was also the first….

First Sunday after Epiphany, Holy Family His parents did not know… (Lk 2:43)… They understood not the words He spoke to them (Lk 2:50).  These two sentences from today’s holy Gospel should give us great courage and hope. It should not surprise us that…

Epiphany  Such is the motivation the three kings give for their long journey from the East. We have come to adore. With this single phrase, these three brave men unwittingly set the tone for the entire history of the Catholic Church and, in particular,…

Holy Name of Jesus  Eight days after His birth, our Saviour was circumcised and received the Name Jesus. Fittingly, we set aside this Sunday to honour that Holy Name from which all grace flows. It is the Name of the Person who, in all…

1-3 January 2026 Providentially this year opens with a triduum of prayer. In this way we set the tone for each day of the year of grace we have before us, another year in our lives given to us by God to be used…

Sunday within the Octave of Christmas  While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, Thy almighty Word O Lord, came down from heaven from Thy royal throne (Wisdom 18:14-15). These words, which we sang at…

Nativity of Our Lord   As we celebrate the joyful event of Our Lord’s Nativity, which is without a shadow of a doubt the most significant event in human history, we are confronted with a contrast that at once tells us a very profound lesson…

Fourth Sunday of Advent  Yesterday at the Ember Saturday Mass, Holy Mother Church gave us to read a passage from St Paul’s second epistle to the Thessalonians in which we find the following: Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day…